This. Faux precision in not scientific, it's scientism, just like that Trump "2%" odds he had. He meant "unlikely".https://twitter.com/benjaminwittes/status/757982368779075588 …
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@benjaminwittes in quantified society, numerical estimates treated as more valuable than narrative--no matter how contestable. Sad!1 reply 1 retweet 9 likes -
Is it wrong to say that Google is worth 508.93B today? Or that the cubs have a 21% of winning the WS?
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is a facile analogy of politics with markets/sports the right way to comment on my point?
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Though I also agree that "horse race reporting" overshadowing real issues is a big problem.
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I wrote a piece, hoping better stats would stop the horse race reporting.http://www.wired.com/2012/11/why-predictions-and-statistical-models-are-necessary-and-good-for-democracy/ …
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Instead, we have even MORE horse race reporting with models that are too early, too precise. ::sigh::
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